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Addition of obinutuzumab (GA101) or rituximab to chlorambucil improves outcomes for elderly patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and co-existing medical conditions (comorbidities)

Jun 14 2013

CLL is the most common leukemia in the western world. Many CLL patients are elderly and have comorbidities rendering them ineligible for aggressive standard treatments.

Chairs and Members

ChairGiancarlo Castaman, University of Florence - Careggi University Hospital, Florence (Italy)

Co-chairAnna Falanga, University of Milan Bicocca and Hospital Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo (Italy)

SWG Steering Committee
Ajay K Kakkar, Thrombosis Research Institute, London (United Kingdom)
Augusto Federici, University of Milan, University Hospital Luigi…

Presentations

EHA-ISHBT Hematology Tutorial

Session 1: Congenital and acquired neutropenias and bone marrow failure

Lecture: F Fioredda (here)
Clinical case: F Fioredda (here)
Self-assessment cases:
Speaker 1: M Mahapatra (Permission not granted)
Speaker 2: A Khurana (here)
Session 2: Hemolytic Anemia

Lecture: L Da Costa (Not available)
Clinical case: L…

Presentations

EHA-TSH Hematology Tutorial on T Cell LymphomasSession 1: New classification and epidemiology of T cell diseases

Lecture: V Tabanelli (here)
Session 2: How I treat PTCL NOS patients

Lecture: E Birtaş Ateşoğlu (here)
Clinical Case: E Kırcalı (here)
Self-assessment Case: E Birtaş Ateşoğlu (here)
Session 3: First line treatment of…

Abstract Presentation Information

Thank you for submitting your abstract to the EHA-SfPM Precision Medicine Meeting, to be held on September 25-27, 2024 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Presentations

EHA-GBMTA-AHA Hematology Tutorial

Session 1: Indolent Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

Lecture: M Gomes da Silva
Clinical Case: M Kurtsadze
Self-assessment Cases: M Gomes da Silva
Session 2: Aggressive Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

Lecture: K Polgárová
Clinical Case: G Saghumyan
Self-assessment Cases: K Polgárová
Session 3: Myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN)

Lecture: P Harrington
Clinical Case: K Meliksetyan
Self-assessment Cases: P Harrington
Session 4: Hodgkin Disease

Lecture: I Aurer
Clinical Case: M Zarandia
Self-assessment…

Promising results in trials with non-chemotherapy treatments for Leukemias to be presented at the 18th Congress of the European Hematology Association in Stockholm, June 13-16, 2013

Mar 28 2013 Posted in Press releases

What is new? Current investigations are aimed at evaluating the use of monoclonal antibodies (mAB). These mABs bind to specific molecules (antigens) found on leukemic cells. This results in immune destruction of the leukemic cells.

Press release: Work of 2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winners to be presented at the 18th Congress of the European Hematology Association in Stockholm, June 13-16, 2013

Jun 10 2013 Posted in Press releases

With the Scientific Working Group for Stem Cells, the 18th Congress of EHA took the opportunity to acknowledge the work of the 2013 winner of the Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology, Drs John B.

Selected EMA news

November 2024New medicines recommended for approval
Eltrombopag Viatris (eltrombopag) – generic
Treatment of primary immune thrombocytopenia and thrombocytopenia associated with chronic hepatitis C (disease in which patients have low levels of blood platelets)

Alhemo (concizumab)
Prevention of bleeding in patients with hemophilia A…

Stem Cells

Mission:

The goal of the SWG on Stem Cells is to bring together researchers, biologists and clinicians involved in stem cell research to share their recent advances in the field, as well as to train new junior members.